[OSM-talk] Prolification of the amenity tag

[Nick Whitelegg]

>>Storing custom data in OSM itself necessitates rendering extra maps, and
>>storage of extra tiles... something requiring much more overhead than a
>>simple mashup. If each type of "special interest" data required its own
>>renderer, the number of renderers, and the amont of storage required,
>>would quickly escalate.

>I never imagined that just because the data is in OSM that OSM itself 
would
>ever display it by default. That's a job for the mashup site (although 
all
>the data might originate from OSM). The issue here is making it easy for
>novices and experienced users alike to have somewhere to store geodata
>freely.

That sounds like a good idea, though it would need some issues resolving 
to make it work in practice. Because  changing OSM requires 
authentication, each mash-up project would need their own OSM login, or 
take users' OSM logins and transport them across the web from the mashup 
to OSM, in order for mashup users to be able to create, delete and 
retrieve the mashup data.

In terms of freemap it's my preference for users to be able to create, 
view and even delete the markers without a login, necessitating the first 
approach (a freemap login for osm)

Nick